[pessimizer]

> That was basically the promise of the EU - peace through wealth - let's create some more.

Doing useless science is the destruction of wealth. The destruction of wealth is pleasurable, don't get me wrong, but that's all it is. They could build gargantuan statues to do the same thing, or accumulate huge stockpiles of weapons.

[deely3]

How did you know that this sciense is useless? What is the difference between building LHC+ and bringing people to the moon again?